The owner of the store, Debra Krause-McDonnell, said that she did not give permission for her business to be shown and that some customers have told her they'll no longer shop there.

The scene was from stock footage bought from a Cincinnati video company, Faux said. He did not know the name of the company but said he was told by the Obama campaign that company officials said they did explain to Krause's manager that they were filming stock footage that could be purchased and used for any reason.

Not that the article says this business is struggling, but I wouldn't be suprised if it was - given that the owner has no idea what the contracts she signs actually mean.

The article wont load on my phone but from the comments i think it is missing some facts.

Here is the chain of events:She sells footage to a stock company.Obama buys it for add.She sees it in add and gets all pissy.She calls obama folks who say they need to look into it and will get back to her.She gets pissier that whatever random staffer couldnt immediately pull the add and calls the gop asking to put out a press release.Obama is like damn chick we said wed get back to you, anyways it only had 1 day left so by the time we could pull it, it will be done.Gop: but you forgot to take it off you tube! Why does obama hate small business!

Btw her deli is in the middle of a ghetto in a hippy market. Dont get me wrong, i shop there, but for the life of me i cant imagine a worse way she could of handled this. Would it of been that hard to quietly ask them to get rid of it? If business really is down over it, put a sign up saying while you are flattered for the national exposure your company is focused on providing quality meats and cheeses and does not endorse any candidate.

St_Francis_P:RadioAaron: She gave permission to someone to use her place for stock footage, right? I mean, don't you have to?

Sounds that way:

The scene was from stock footage bought from a Cincinnati video company, Faux said. He did not know the name of the company but said he was told by the Obama campaign that company officials said they did explain to Krause's manager that they were filming stock footage that could be purchased and used for any reason.

But since Fox is on the job, the truth will soon cease to matter.

The Obama campaign is in the right legally, but it doesn't really matter in this case. If she wants them to stop using the footage (or at least the part that identifies her business) - it's dickish to keep using it.

Is it at all possible that the GOP went to her clearly-identifiable business and said, "say, would you mind helping us make a big stinkin'-ass deal out of this so we can be outraged at Kenyan 0bumfart?"

jpo2269:So a small business owner losing business because a politician is using her store in a commercial is no big deal?

The scene was from stock footage bought from a Cincinnati video company, Faux said.

Yes, way to support businesses.

Let's jeapordize a video business because an owner or authorized agent of another business entered into a legally binding model release without any reservation on moral rights and now doesn't like it! Let's put a video company out of business because it makes Obama look bad if you ignore the fact that the store is stupid and completely at fault! And that totally doesn't make us look stupid to suggest that or anything! Yay, contracts are just paper!

AdolfOliverPanties:She's boned and the Obama people don't have to do a damned thing. Nor would Romney's folks if they used it. Another non-issue stoked up by Fox and Newsbusters, partners in idiocy.

Perhaps, but it still makes for bad optics, much like all those musicians who biatch about Republicans using their songs. Honestly, Obama's team should probably just redo the ad with a different store. There have to be plenty of store owners who'd be happy to be in an Obama ad, for the free publicity alone.

'Some' customers hardly counts as struggling, and who's to say she didn't pick up a few Obama supporters in the deal. I still stand by my original point however: you can't be that good of a businessman if you'll sign any damn thing put in front of you without reading it first.

RadioAaron:She gave permission to someone to use her place for stock footage, right? I mean, don't you have to?

Sounds that way:

The scene was from stock footage bought from a Cincinnati video company, Faux said. He did not know the name of the company but said he was told by the Obama campaign that company officials said they did explain to Krause's manager that they were filming stock footage that could be purchased and used for any reason.

jjorsett:but dragging her business against its will into a political fight and pissing off customers who think she's chosen sides just makes Obama look like a giant asshole. I

Almost as big of an asshole as people who think that using commercial stock footage is "dragging her business against her will into a political fight". I guess the thing I personally don't understand is the willful stupidity of people who want to see controversy where none exists. If she didn't want her store used in videos, there was a simple way to avoid it. But once you sell the rights to something, you give up all ability to complain about what it's used for. But then, without people like you, my job as Agent Provocateur of meaningless arguments would be a lot more difficult, so thank you.

Cat Food Sandwiches:NickelP: Cat Food Sandwiches: Obama should have the decency to remove the footage if the shop owner wants it out. Douche move.

Jesus learn to read or stop being intentionally dishonest. She asked the dem's to remove the add late Friday, it was removed by Monday. She started her little non-partisan antics on Wednesday and went on TV on Thursday, after the add had already been off for 3 days.

I went back and re-read the article and didn't see that. But, I'll take your word for it, since it's Friday.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120809/NEWS0106/308090099/Deli-o w ner-gets-taste-fame?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p states it was going to be done about a day later, which would be Monday. He was quoted somewhere else saying it was off Monday, I am not sure where I saw that to cite it. Either way it was already off when she started her bs. The linked article intentionally misrepresents it, you have to click the link in the article to get to what they are paraphrasing but leaving out all the useful details.

FTFA: A small business owner in a crucial swing state has found herself losing business from loyal customers due to her ad being featured in a Mitt Romney campaign ad. It seems her customers believe she is a Romney backer, but in fact she prefers to keep politics out of her business. And so this business owner demanded that the Romney camp either pull the ad or blur her deli's name from the frames that it's in. The campaign, she says, ignored her pleas. -NewsBusters, August 09, 2012

Awesome.

Since the Republicans continue to quote Democrats out-of-context, using single sentences or even sentence fragments at a time, I think it'd be nice to take this entire paragraph and re-post it, with the citation, as many times as possible around the web. I mean hey, they taught the left exactly how it's done.

Alex Triantafilou, the local Republican chairman, said Krause-McDonnell contacted him initially for legal help. He told her he led the local Republican Party and could help her send out the press release via email. He did that Wednesday, but said Thursday he hadn't talked to her since.

And when did she contact the Obama campaign to complain?

Faux said he first spoke with Krause-McDonnell on a Friday night and called the campaign, which got back to him by Sunday. They couldn't do anything about the ad over the weekend, he said, but told him it would be ending anyway Monday.

Krause-McDonnell, 52, said she still saw the ad after Faux told her the campaign said it would be off the air. It is no longer airing but can be seen on YouTube.

teeny:I can sympathize with the owner a little. If I sold stock footage, it wouldn't have immediately occured to me that it would be used in anything controversial like a campaign ad. With all the Chick-Fil-A attention whoring going on right now, I can respect a business that prefers to remain neutral. While it was 100% legal to use the footage, it would make them look extra awesome if they removed it anyway.

That being said, the first paragraph or two of the article is dripping with such concentrated douche juice that I can barely stand it. Fark you and your whiny persecution complex.

Yeah, she's so upset about the ad, and she'd be just as angry if it was a Romney ad...but she's not asking the GOP to leave her out of it.

"I've been put into a position I didn't ask for," she said Wednesday after the Hamilton County Republican Party sent out an email about the ad that accused Democrats of not responding to the owner's concerns. "I'm a little angry."

She'd be just as angry, she said, if it were an ad for Mitt Romney.

And she goes on Fox News to complain, but still doesn't ask the Republicans to stop using her story for the campaign.

CreamFilling:and yet they do nothing to support this small business when the footage is taken out of context.

What "taken out of context"? The video shows the door being opened and people working inside, while the VO talks about the hard work and sacrifice being made every day by small business owners. What "taken out of context"?

I predict that, even though this ad is no longer in use and the woman apparently didn't have a leg to stand on anyway, we will hear hystericalized versions of this instance of vile evil committed by the Obama campaign -- no, by Obama HIMSELF -- for weeks and weeks to come.

deadcrickets:Lsherm: St_Francis_P: RadioAaron: She gave permission to someone to use her place for stock footage, right? I mean, don't you have to?

Sounds that way:

The scene was from stock footage bought from a Cincinnati video company, Faux said. He did not know the name of the company but said he was told by the Obama campaign that company officials said they did explain to Krause's manager that they were filming stock footage that could be purchased and used for any reason.

But since Fox is on the job, the truth will soon cease to matter.

The Obama campaign is in the right legally, but it doesn't really matter in this case. If she wants them to stop using the footage (or at least the part that identifies her business) - it's dickish to keep using it.

Not only that but why would she not want extra business from the attention it'd garner?

You're not kidding. All any business owner needs to do nowadays is go on Fox and say 'Obama is ruining my business' and watch the people like up, bleating about soshulism. BTW, these are the same people who mock 'cash mobs' that help mom & pop stores by popping up en masse and buying about $20 worth of stuff.

Lsherm:She wants to remain apolitical, but they've made her a flashpoint.

Yeah and Joe was a plumber. Are you simple? The woman is a giant attention whore, or she would just have told the, maybe one maybe none, customer/s who complained that it was just stock footage and they would have gone away.

RadioAaron:NickelP: Btw her deli is in the middle of a ghetto in a hippy market. Dont get me wrong, i shop there, but for the life of me i cant imagine a worse way she could of handled this. Would it of been that hard to quietly ask them to get rid of it? If business really is down over it, put a sign up saying while you are flattered for the national exposure your company is focused on providing quality meats and cheeses and does not endorse any candidate.

I think it was the local DERPers that came by and said WE AIN'T GUNN GIVES YOO NO BIDNEZZ CUZ YOO LUV 0FARTBUM. This is her reaction to that.

The lady next to her sells home made organic dog food. The other side has some guy selling home knitted blankets and hats. If she was real smart shed pay someone to go in there and make an anti obama scene. The line would be out the door with people showing support.

For clarification i shop at the market, which has vendors selling everything from local produce and meats to handmade soaps, camel meat and amazing geloto. Ive never bought anything in her store because i dont bother going places like that to buy the same lunch meat kroger sells. Www.cincinnati.com has more info on this.

NickelP:Btw her deli is in the middle of a ghetto in a hippy market. Dont get me wrong, i shop there, but for the life of me i cant imagine a worse way she could of handled this. Would it of been that hard to quietly ask them to get rid of it? If business really is down over it, put a sign up saying while you are flattered for the national exposure your company is focused on providing quality meats and cheeses and does not endorse any candidate.

I think it was the local DERPers that came by and said WE AIN'T GUNN GIVES YOO NO BIDNEZZ CUZ YOO LUV 0FARTBUM. This is her reaction to that.

thurstonxhowell:Lsherm: The Obama campaign is in the right legally, but it doesn't really matter in this case. If she wants them to stop using the footage (or at least the part that identifies her business) - it's dickish to keep using it.

Obama supporter here, I agree.

To paraphrase Jeffrey Lebowski, they're not wrong, they're just assholes. If they continue using it, that is.

What if it's all a ploy to help the business? The Right-wing Outrageosphere is gonna harp on this for a few weeks, and local derpers might flock there to 'protest' Obama.

Lsherm:The Obama campaign is in the right legally, but it doesn't really matter in this case. If she wants them to stop using the footage (or at least the part that identifies her business) - it's dickish to keep using it.

Obama supporter here, I agree.

To paraphrase Jeffrey Lebowski, they're not wrong, they're just assholes. If they continue using it, that is.

starsrift:Yeah, the Obama campaign has the right to keep using it... but they just end up looking like dicks.

I'm sure they could find another business to use footage of.

You know who looks like an even bigger dick or complete moron if you stop and think about it for a few seconds instead of having a knee jerk reaction? The business owner who was paid money to have footage taken of their business and signed an agreement saying it can be used anyway the person who paid them for it wants, but now wants to cry and complain about somebody they don't approve of using it.

According to the article: A store manager knew about the filming, Krause-McDonnell said, but was told it was for a survey on riot doors, those metal garage-type doors that pull down and lock to protect storefronts. That might be true, said Caleb Faux, director of the Hamilton County Democratic Party, who researched the ad confusion and spoke with Obama campaign officials in Columbus.

So the headline is misleading, submitter, the article doesn't say how the Obama campaign responded.

According to the article:"I've been put into a position I didn't ask for," she said Wednesday after the Hamilton County Republican Party sent out an email about the ad that accused Democrats of not responding to the owner's concerns. "I'm a little angry."

All we know is that the Hamilton County Republican Party somehow got involved and escalated the issue.For a website that claims it is in the business of Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias, News Busters is in fact hyping a fabricated issue.

sprawl15:CreamFilling: What does the voiceover say? If they say or imply anything about the deli as being representative of a small business ("Small businesses like this deli...") she probably has a very strong case. If it's just a backdrop she probably doesn't, but you'd think they'd at least honor her request.

Judge it for yourself.

Thanks. They're probably technically in the clear. It does seem especially ironic that he's talking about things being taken out of context and then the importance of standing behind small businesses, and yet they do nothing to support this small business when the footage is taken out of context.

What does the voiceover say? If they say or imply anything about the deli as being representative of a small business ("Small businesses like this deli...") she probably has a very strong case. If it's just a backdrop she probably doesn't, but you'd think they'd at least honor her request.

"I've been put into a position I didn't ask for," she said Wednesday after the Hamilton County Republican Party sent out an email about the ad that accused Democrats of not responding to the owner's concerns. "I'm a little angry."

I admit that I'm a little confused. How did the GOP get involved?Could it be that this store owner is an attention whore?Isn't that special.

Your store was featured in an Obama ad. I'm never shopping here again.I'm really sorry about that. I sold some stock footage of the store a few years ago, I really had no idea it would be used this way.I DON'T CARE. YOU'RE FEATURED IN AN OBAMA AD! THEREFORE YOU ARE THE ENEMY! I WILL DESTROY YOU!Curse you, Obama!

grimlock1972:If she signed a release she has nothing and i am willing to bet she did.

Yeah, I'd be inclined to believe that this is the case. Love 'em or hate 'em, Obama's campaign team tends to be pretty on-the-ball about these things. If this is a screwup, then it's probably the only one they will have made come November.

AnEvilGuest:StopLurkListen: See this release you signed? 'Organ Donor'?--yes but --Sorry, we're taking your liver. [pulls out a saw]

Is this why you won't sign?you think someones going to stop you on the street and take your liver?Please educate yourself, it doesn't work that way and there are waiting lists full of very sick and needy people.

Is this why you won't sign?you think someones going to stop you on the street and take your liver?Please educate yourself, it doesn't work that way and there are waiting lists full of very sick and needy people.

Disclaimer: I know nothing about this store owner or why she was upset with the Obama campaign using her store in his ad. The following is simply the first thing that popped into my head upon reading the headline.

Is it just me, or are Small Business Owners® some of the derpiest people around? I mean, I get that they're naturally going to identify more with the party that, often like them, sees nothing but the bottom line, but Jesus Christ do I really have to see this on my way to Belen every week?

You'd think that someone smart enough to start and/or run a business would at least have the minimal intelligence not to get caught up in such Teabaggery, but it seems like I see it all the time.